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OpenStudy (camerondoherty):

What does { } mean? http://prntscr.com/4og3wo

jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):

curly braces { } are used to denote sets sets are collections of things (in math, usually it's numbers)

jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):

set D is the set of numbers divisible by 3 from 1 to 15, so D is D = {3, 6, 9, 12, 15}

OpenStudy (camerondoherty):

Yes but the blank one... What does that one mean?

jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):

oh that means the empty set. There are no elements in the set

OpenStudy (camerondoherty):

Oh ok Thank You! c:

jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):

you can also write that as \(\Large \emptyset\)

jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):

you're welcome

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